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The Baseline Adoption: According to a new ONC Brief using 2024 N-SUMHSS survey data, more than two-thirds (68%) of substance use and mental health treatment facilities use an electronic health record (EHR) exclusively. Another 25% use a combination of an EHR system and paper charts.The Ownership Disparity: EHR adoption varies wildly depending on facility ownership. Federal government facilities have a 97% adoption rate. Private for-profit organizations sit at 68%.
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Oracle Health Becomes a CMS Aligned Network to Modernize Patient Intake
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The Integration: Oracle Health is partnering with secure identity platform CLEAR to integrate CLEAR1 into hospital workflows, enabling patients to digitally verify their identity and share health records at check-in via a simple QR code.The CMS Push: The partnership directly supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) "Kill the Clipboard" initiative, which urges providers to replace manual, fragmented paperwork with seamless digital intake.The Security
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GE HealthCare and DeepHealth Expand AI Mammography Collaboration
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The Expanded Partnership: GE HealthCare has expanded its collaboration with DeepHealth (a subsidiary of RadNet) to further the commercialization and adoption of advanced AI-powered mammography tools. The announcement was made in conjunction with the 2026 Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) Annual Symposium.The Core Technology: The joint initiative integrates DeepHealth’s AI-powered Breast Suite workflow solution with GE HealthCare’s Senographe Pristina™ mammography system.New
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Why Ambience Healthcare is Expanding Beyond the Ambient Scribe
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The Shift: Ambience Healthcare used its inaugural Apex Summit to unveil a multiyear roadmap, officially signaling its transition from an AI ambient documentation tool (a "point solution") to a comprehensive clinical intelligence platform.The Five Domains: The platform is expanding into five specific operational areas: Clinical Workflows, Revenue Cycle/Integrity, Patient Experience, Care Orchestration, and Clinical Research.
From Ambient Documentation to a System of
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Carrot Launches ‘Carrot Intelligence’ AI Platform for Global Fertility and Family Care
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The Launch: Carrot, a major global fertility and family care platform, has introduced Carrot Intelligence, a proprietary AI platform designed to power contextual care decisions and monitor spending.The Data Moat: Unlike startups relying on generic LLMs, Carrot Intelligence is built on a massive, proprietary clinical dataset spanning 195 countries and over $1 billion in processed claims.The Financial Guardrails: The platform powers the newly announced Global Price
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Walmart Expands Better Care Services Platform with GLP-1 Weight Management Offerings
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The Expansion: Walmart is heavily expanding its digital health platform, Better Care Services, to include comprehensive weight management support for customers exploring or currently taking GLP-1 therapies.The Digital Health Bundle: The retail giant is acting as a centralized hub, partnering with third-party digital health companies including Aaptiv (fitness), Berry Street (registered dietitians), Curai Health (AI-supported coaching), MyCare by Twin Health (metabolic
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Wegovy HD Now Available on GoodRx for $399 Per Month Self-Pay
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The Launch: GoodRx has announced it is now offering Wegovy HD—Novo Nordisk’s newly introduced, higher-dose (7.2 mg) semaglutide injection.The Price Point: In a major move for the direct-to-consumer market, the medication is available to eligible self-pay patients at a transparent price of $399 per month. Pricing scales predictably to $798 for a two-month supply and $1,197 for a three-month supply.The Clinical Strategy: Wegovy HD serves as an FDA-approved "step-up" option
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Osteoboost Health Raises $8M for FDA-Cleared Bone Density Device
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The Raise: Osteoboost Health has closed an $8M financing round led by Ambit Health Ventures, with participation from Emmeline Ventures, Disrupt Health Impact Fund, Esplanade Ventures, and Portfolia.The Device: The FDA-cleared "Osteoboost" device is a wearable belt worn low around the hips. It delivers targeted, precisely calibrated vibration therapy directly to the lumbar spine and hips (the regions most vulnerable to fracture).The Clinical Gap: The device targets
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HHS Launches $4M EMPOWER Prize Challenge to Enhance Living Kidney Donation
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The Challenge: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched the 2026 KidneyX EMPOWER Prize Challenge, a $4M national competition to accelerate innovations supporting living kidney donors.The Core Problem: The math surrounding kidney disease is incredibly bleak. Over 100,000 Americans are waitlisted for a kidney, and more than a dozen die each day waiting. Despite being one of the most effective treatments, the number of living kidney donors has
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CMS Establishes New Billing Code for AI-Driven Calcium Analysis on CT Scans
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The Reimbursement Milestone: Effective April 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a new national billing code and payment pathway under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for the algorithmic analysis of coronary artery calcium (CAC) and aortic valve calcium (AVC) on chest CT scans.The FDA Clearance: In tandem with the CMS news, Bunkerhill Health received FDA clearance for Bunkerhill Contrast CAC and
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